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Spam Protection

• Preventing Form Spam

  We offer a variety of spam protection measures: HoneyPot Protection, Spam Check with Akismet, and reCAPTCHA.

• CaptchaFox Field

  Adds EU-based, privacy-friendly CAPTCHA verification to help prevent spam for form submissions in WordPress.

• Cloudflare Turnstile Field

  This field is used to add a Cloudflare Turnstile Widget to your form.

• Filter Disposable Email Addresses

  Reject form submissions from unwanted email addresses using this WS Form filter.

• hCaptcha Field

  This field is used to add an hCaptcha to your form.

• How to Allow Form Submissions by Domain Name

  In WS Form, you can easily allow WordPress form submissions based on the domain of the email address entered.

• How to Block Form Submissions by Domain Name

  In WS Form, you can easily prevent WordPress form submissions based on the domain of the email address entered.

• How to Block Form Submissions by IP

  WS Form gives you multiple ways to block form submissions by IP address. This can be useful for preventing spam.

• How to Block Form Submissions by Keyword

  WS Form gives you multiple ways to block keywords from being submitted through a form.

• How to Block Form Submissions by User Agent

  This tutorial shows how to block submissions by user agent.

• Keyword Blocklist Add-On

  The Keyword Blocklist add-on includes over 1,300 categorized keywords designed to help block spam submissions.

• reCAPTCHA Field

  This field is used to add a reCAPTCHA to your form.

• Spam Check with Akismet

  Akismet provides WordPress with the ability to check comments and form submissions against their global database of spam. 

• Spam Check with Clearout

  The Clearout Email Validator plugin seamlessly integrates with WS Form to validate email addresses submitted in your forms in real-time.

• Using NONCEs to Protect Against Spam

  WS Form’s NONCE protection adds a security token to form submissions to help block spam.